Download or read book The Confucian Creation of Heaven written by Robert Eno and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the earliest Confucian texts to find coherent structural principles linking the various facets of Confucian doctrine. Its central theme is that the coherence of early Confucianism emerges only when doctrine is viewed as a function of the unique ritual practice of the early Confucian community.